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Elderly Trump supporter pushed to ground during London anti-Trump protest

Labour and opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn criticised Trump's press remarks and accused "Tory leadership contenders and Farage" of "lining up for the No Deal ...

It’s not just Quest: LabCorp says it was hacked too

We don't yet know how expansive the breach really is: AMCA also works with various entities, including health insurers. The American Medical Collection Agency...

Quest Diagnostics billing provider reports data breach affecting 12 million people

Quest Diagnostics' laboratory test results were not provided to the vendor, AMCA, and were not compromised by the incident. Quest said it doesn't have " deta...

Quest Diagnostics says data breach could have hit almost 12 million patients

Quest will be working with Optum360 to ensure that Quest patients are appropriately notified of the possible breach. Quest said the information that may have ...

Quest Diagnostics discloses breach of 11.9 million patient records

Quest Diagnostics said it has stopped using AMCA since learning of the incident. A billing collections provider, which handles data for Quest, says someone wa...

Global measles cases tripled in 2019, the World Health Organization says

The UN body said provisional data indicated a "a clear trend", with all regions of the world seeing outbreaks. "Many countries are in the midst of sizable m...

Fresh evidence of links between ultra-processed food and health risks revealed

In the second study - of almost 20,000 Spanish adults - ultra-processed foods were linked to a shorter life span: Those with the highest intake were 62% more li...

GM fungus kills malaria mosquitoes

The researchers said that the study is conducted to help stop the spread of the disease and not to cause extinction of the mosquito species. Knowing that m...

U.S. Measles Outbreak Hits New Record High

Measles, once common in the USA, became rare after vaccination campaigns that started in the 1960s. The vast majority of this year's cases have been in New Yo...

WHO collaborates with Sindh health dept to fight HIV

Larkana now has 4 established hospitals for the HIV treatments and several screening camps across the district. The majority of those infected are children and...

Vaping these popular flavors may cause 'significant' health damage

To further increase the accuracy of the study , the researchers chose to submerge the same type of cells in blood samples obtained from nonsmokers and people w...

TSA Now Permits Epilepsy Drug Containing Cannabis On Flights

The hearing comes approximately five months after the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (more commonly known as the Farm Bill ), went into effect and remove...

New study shows suggests e-cigarette flavorings may pose health risk

Endothelial cells lining the interior surface of blood vessels play a critical role in heart health, the researchers explained. "Eventually, they want to stop...

Video game addiction and work burnout ruled official illnesses

Burnout is defined in the ICD-11 as "a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed ". The defin...

World Health Organization officially recognizes 'burnout' as a medical condition

While these symptoms may also be visible in non-work related situations (like feeling overwhelmed with housework and family obligations, for example), the Wor...

FDA Approves World's Most Expensive Treatment

Novartis executives defended the price, saying that a one-time treatment is more valuable than expensive long-term treatments that cost several hundred thousan...

Federal govt aims to roll back transgender health protection

There is a separate state rule that requires insurance coverage for transgender health services. The change by the Department of Health and Human Servic...

$19B disaster aid package stalls after GOP congressman objects

The bill, which would include much-needed assistance to states struck by floods, storms and fire, and aid for Puerto Rico, which suffered substantial damage in ...

MMR vaccination call following high numbers of measles cases

As a result, a handful of people who get both doses of the MMR vaccine may still get sick after being exposed to the virus. Over one-third of them are kids unde...

Eastern Virginia Medical School says probe into Northam's yearbook photo is done

Richard Homan, Dean of EVMS School of Medicine, speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, May 22, 2019 , in Norfolk, Va ., about a report announcing the r...

New Google AI can detect lung cancer in CT scans

Prior LDCT scans are useful because they can reveal an abnormal growth rate of lung nodules, thus indicating malignancy. The computer was trained using full...

Measles case confirmed in New Mexico

Measles is still common in many parts of the world. They concluded that in order to keep the percentage of the population susceptible to catching measles und...

Offset Goes Off on Blogs Who Misreported That Ric Flair Passed Away

The specific procedure is unclear at this point but we've been told Nature Boy has had 4 heart surgeries over the past few months ... and that seems to be a con...

World Health Organization guidelines seek to reduce risk of dementia

People should eat more fruit, vegetables, fish and nuts and walk for about 25 minutes a day to reduce their risk of dementia , the first worldwide guidance of ...

U.S. records 839 cases of Measles

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports half of all states in the US are now reporting active measles cases. Officials in New York City and...

How much coffee is too much? | newkerala.com #141250

The study authors believe that coffee (in large quantities) and heart problems may be linked because excess caffeine consumption can cause high blood press...

New Acas advice on creating a positive mental health environment at work

Eight per cent of adults in Northern Ireland have deliberately hurt themselves because of concerns about their body image, according to the survey. He added: ...

Britney Spears Leaves Court Barefoot After Expert Evaluation Ordered

Reporters and onlookers were removed from the courtroom and the hearing was closed. A judge ordered 44-year-old Sam Lutfi, who has been in legal fights with...

Bacterial disease transmitted from dogs to humans confirmed at commercial breeding facility

A small-dog commercial breeding facility in Marion County, Iowa, is the source of " multiple cases " of a canine disease that can be transmitted to humans, the ...

With measles on the rise, vaccine is still best defense

More than 700 measles cases have been confirmed in the first four months of this year, according to the study . The predictions were published today in The ...

Woman rescues stray puppy, dies of rabies

She washed and groomed the puppy. According to her family, doctors couldn't initially determine what was the cause of her illness, despite several trips to the ...

Mental Health Week a chance to 'get loud' about wellness

A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds North Dakota had the country's largest increase in suicide rates - 57% - between 1999...

Mayor proclaims May as Mental Health Awareness Month

They say that anxiety and depression have increased over time. Police and firefighters, she said, are three times more likely to die by their own hands than o...

Kentucky teen who sued over vaccine gets chickenpox

The Northern Kentucky Health Department spokeswoman Laura Brinson criticised Mr Wiest's suggestion that the school should have encouraged students to contract...

NYC cites 84 people for refusing measles vaccines

Gullicksrud said , right now, there are no measles outbreaks in Minnesota. It all depends on the year you were born. "You should have a documented two doses". ...